Wire fence



(No Model.)

N. STEELE. WIEEPENCE.

No. 590,917. Patented Sept. 28,1897

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NATHAN STEELE, OF COLUMBUS, OHIO.

WIRE FENCE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 590,917, dated September 28, 1897. Application filed November 17,1896. Serial No. 612,464. (No model.)

To all whom it 777/601 concern.-

Be it known that I, NATHAN STEELE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Columbus, in the county of Franklin and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Wire Fences; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to wire fences.

, My object is to provide an extremely simple and cheap wire fence which will be very strong and can be easily constructed and repaired.

whenever desirable.

Having this object in view, my invention consists of a wire fence of novel and peculiar construction, as will appear more fully hereinafter.

The accompanying drawing represents a front elevation of my improved fence.

There are employed a series of wires of equal length, each of which is bent into a series of links or loops, and said links are hooked together in a peculiar manner.

The numerals 1, 2, 3, and 4 designate a series of links or loops on one of the wires, while 5, 6, and 7 represent additional links or loops which are formed by the bending of the aforesaid loops, but-extend in an opposite direction thereto. It will be observed that the loop or link is broadest at its cross-piece S, and its arms converge.

The numerals 9 and 10 designate the ends of the wire, which are wrapped around the pieces of the upper and lower links of the adjacent wire in the manner shown.

The numeral 11 designates a series of individual pieces of wire which fasten the links together where they are hooked over each other. one initially placed in position, has its ends 12 andl3, respectively, bent or twisted around the members of the upper and lower links, thereby forming eyes 14 and 15, which may be stapled to the fence-post. Furthermore, the cross-pieces 8 and the links of this wire can also be stapled through the fence-post.

The manner of forming the fence is at once of the succeeding wires to each other.

The extreme right-hand wire, or the obvious to those. skilled in the art to which myinvention appertains. It will be observed that after the first wire has been stapled to the fence-post, as before described, the fence is built up by interlocking the links or loops The separate wires that form the fence need no machinery to bend them into loops, as this can 'be done by hand quickly and easily.

. Hence my fence is rendered very cheap in construction and can be readily built by any spirit and scope of the invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. The herein-described wire fence, which comprises the combination of a series of wires, each being bent into a series of'loops or links, the links of the succeeding wires being passed through the links of the preceding ones, and additional fasteningwires bound around the locked portions of the respective sets of links.

N \THAN STEELE.

Witnesses:

D. J. OGRADY, FRANK O. HUBBARD. 

